MoLeg Weekly Wrap - Up, Big Court Victory =
Increased Access to Abortion, #ResistanceRecess recaps, & Lobby Day Opportunities!
Experts point to a recent confluence of four main factors: rising access to sonogram technology,
increased access to abortion, a preference for sons, and fertility decline.
There is a fairly constant onslaught on the fundamental right to life — from Ireland with its proposed referendum on permitting abortion, to campaigns for
increased access to abortion and euthanasia in many parts of the world.
Endorsing a man who publicly and privately promotes sexual promiscuity in hopes of reducing abortion is no less absurd than endorsing the candidate who promises
increased access to abortion.
Not exact matches
The combination of restricted
access to abortion and
increased Internet
access has led
to the rise of Do - It - Yourself
abortions in the U.S., many of which look remarkably like the illegal
abortions taking place in Brazil.
Almost all of the coverage of the Lancet findings suggests that this decline in
abortions correlates
to increased access to contraceptives — for obvious reasons.
In Sweden, for example, an
increase in affordable
access to contraception and the presence of free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial
increase in the teen
abortion rate.
However, if we could
increase access to contraceptives
to meet this need, it is estimated that it would result in 50 million fewer
abortions per year worldwide.
It believes it can cut this number by
increasing access to family planning, addressing unsafe
abortion and making birth safer by giving women
access to skilled and well - equipped health workers.
«While it may seem intuitive that
increasing distance
to a facility providing
abortions limits
access, this is the first study
to rigorously demonstrate this association,» said Joseph Potter, PhD, a professor of sociology at the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin and principal investigator of TxPEP.
Gov. Gary Herbert signed into law 50 bills passed during the recent legislative session, including a bill requiring a report on why Utah women get
abortions and others aimed at
increasing access to public records.
Previous studies also failed
to show significant differences in pregnancy or
abortion rates among women with advance provisions of EC.6, 7,19 It is possible that the effect of
increased access on pregnancy rates is truly negligible because EC is not as effective as found in the single - use clinical trials, or because women at highest risk do not use EC frequently enough or at all.
Key stakeholders noted poor parent - child communication regarding sexuality; high rates of unsafe
abortion, HIV and STIs among young people;
increased access to prohibited sexually explicit materials; high incidence of sexual violence; and the existence of several myths and mistaken beliefs related
to sexuality.
Interventions are needed
to expand
access to abortion services through better equipping existing facilities, ensuring adequate and continuous supplies of medication
abortion drugs, and by
increasing the number of trained providers.
Research is needed
to test interventions that improve knowledge and practice in providing medication
abortion, and the Indian Government at the national and state level needs
to prioritise improving policies and practice
to increase access to comprehensive
abortion care and quality contraceptive services that prevent unintended pregnancy.
Along with an exponential
increase in efforts
to defund Planned Parenthood, over the past 9 months there came an
increased number of dangerous bills
to restrict
access to safe, legal
abortion.
Whether members provide
abortions, educate colleagues and the public about
abortion care, or lend their voice in advocating for reproductive choice and the important contribution their professions can make, their role is vital
to increasing access to comprehensive reproductive health care.
For example, in 2015, Planned Parenthood Global partners collected enough signatures
to force the Nicaraguan legislature
to consider a «citizens initiative» that calls for
increased abortion access — the first time in Nicaraguan history that this legal mechanism is being used.
Fully 68 % of these new provisions, 92 provisions in 24 states, restrict
access to abortion services, a striking
increase from last year, when 26 % of new provisions restricted
abortion.
The U.S. Supreme Court, on July 3, rules, in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, that states may place
increased restrictions on women's
access to abortion.
Key
to reaching the goals of the agenda
to increase services that prevent unintended pregnancy; improve the quality of reproductive health care; ensure
access to abortion; and deliver the messages
to achieve this agenda.
Today, among Planned Parenthood Global partners in Mexico is an organization aiming
to increase health
access and reduce
abortion stigma, and a leading local advocate for HIV, LGBT, and human rights issues in Quintana Roo.
We use innovative tools
to increase access to health information and services, including birth control, as well as improve maternal mortality and unsafe
abortion rates.
This change will provide
increased access to safe and effective medication
abortion throughout the country.
Planned Parenthood Advocates in Missouri volunteers are enthusiastic activists who are dedicated
to advancing sexual and reproductive health — whether it's
increasing access to emergency contraception, protecting
access to safe and legal
abortion, or fighting against anti-reproductive and sexual health policies.
The
increased number of attacks on
access to safe, legal
abortion and
to care at Planned Parenthood health centers shows that it's not just Donald Trump who's talking about punishing women who seek
abortion care.
The state of Texas» sustained campaign against Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics affiliated with
abortion providers appears
to have led
to an
increase in births among low - income women who lost
access to affordable and effective birth control, a new study says.
But antiabortion forces, in their zeal
to slay their bête noire, are actually attempting something sure
to increase the number of
abortions: Denying women
access to birth control.
The Action Fund's primary purpose is educating voters about public policies that impact reproductive health care and rights — such as adequate funding for family planning services,
access to safe and affordable
abortion, the promotion of medically - accurate, age - appropriate sex education for our youth,
increased access to emergency contraception and confidential health services for minors.
No - fault divorce laws were adopted beginning with California in 1969 and then spread
to all 50 states.5 During the 1960s and 1970s, legal
access to birth control including oral contraceptives became increasingly available, and in 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court made
abortion legal in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.6 These cultural changes created new opportunities for women and led
to an
increased presence in the labor market, doubling from 30.3 million in the 1970s
to 72.7 million in the mid - 2000s.7